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    • ^orrfcro an& Somcgtw
    • CxiTomal atfir SSrobmaaT
    • SPIRIT OF THE WORKING CLASSES
    • THE WHIG PIG AND TORY BACON
    • TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS
    • SECOND VISIT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
    • MR.LOWERY
    • ZLocal an* Cfenetal 3kttteuts*ttc*
    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1841.
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      ^Orrfcro An& Somcgtw

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      - _ : . .. „ - UNITED STATES .- - . Then is . little &f interest . in . auy ef the . journals from Kortn America , except the farther accounts Tesfec&Bg tbe liifierences betweea the British & »

      , to at&wet the xhxtg * . Tbe rancoer excited by the M'L « od concrprersT seems t © hare given a new imwafae to thi dispose about the boundary . Some of tte States bad'tendered their assistance to the Baleral GoverameEt in support of the national " fconour . " This «* arrel also appears 4 o be redapUMated in an attempt to assert the rights of the ^ tJnion over another disputed territory . Small 'border oolliskw contributed to foment the bad feeling which prevailed . If the two Govemmeats do not settle tfee ^ aaxrel soon , mischief may ocoar whieh ther wiH-beqnettb to posterity to repair , if it can .

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      The book * that Captain Harvey Tnckett tad rone abroad is -without foundation . Captain H . liekett is * t present inLoadon . Ths Gene * C * o * ot ths Unitjd States . —The aocoaats received from the Uuited States , by all the reoeoi arrivals , concur in representing the crop of cotton , as smaller than had been previously calealated uwni lie current estimates being from lj& 66 jO@a to a ; 650 , 000 bales , whilst some of tbe letters reduce the amount as low a 3 thirteen or fourteen hundred thousand bales .

      Tbk WskjlT Csop . —As some apprehension is felt respecting the effect of the late intense frost on the -wheat' plant , "we have taken considerable pains to «» Uee $ as much information on this subject as possible , aad feel great pleasure in slating , that the majority © f the reports are decidedly favourable , the blade fceiag generally described as wearing a healthy appearance on emerging from its covering of snow . - ~ M * rk Lane Express . t » AEi 3 axb Boras ILutWAT .. —We hear that Mr . Urassey , the great railway contractor , has taken the contract for tbe whole line at £ 1 , 000 , 090 Bteriing , aad that he has given the planting " and lining of the hedgesaad slopes to onr townsman ,, Mr . Rogers . — Southampton Independent .

      Cxitomal Atfir Ssrobmaat

      CxiTomal atfir SSrobmaaT

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      CAHADA . —Private letters have been received from" Canada which communicate a fact of greit importance . Sir James Stuart , the Chief Justice of Qaebec , is said to have resigned his seat in the Special Conncil of Lower Canada , of which he was the president . At all eTents , he is no longer Lord Sydeaham ' a chief adviser , but has openly disagreed wiih the Govemor-Gaaeral , a . ud quitted Montreal for Quebec . Taa particulars of me differen&e are not yet before u <; hut we shoal d rot have mentioned the circamstttnees unless assured of the perfect accuracy of the above st&iemsni . —Cvloniar Gazette .

      HEW ZEALAND . —The intelligence from New Zaaland is deeply interesting . Colonel "Wakefield had returned to Port Nicholson , after having established the mo 3 t friendly relations with the Governor ; » task of delicacy which the Colonel appears to have executed with his usual businesslike tact . On his return to the South , however , he found the settlers in a state of the utmost excitement , about the arbitrary proceedings of the N « w South Wales Government in relation to iaad-titles in Is ' ew Zsaland . They felt that their propertv and all the

      frnits of their exertions were threatened ; and , full of alarm and indignation , they were preparing to resort to some extreme measure , such as abandoning the colony , and escaping from persecution by re- moral to some . region independent of -England . ; CWoael Wakefield succeeded in allaying . these ex- ] tewraganoes , and in directing the activity of ihe i coloeists to the more practical object of counter- ; acting the effects of ignorance and the land-shark - interest in Sydney , by rational bin forcible repre-1 aentations .

      Sktekal febsojts have been recently apprehended « n suspicion of having stolen the jewellery , to the amount of £ 10 , taken from the precises of 2 &r . Howard , jeweller , Manchester . TacESAJfCB Societies i > - Losdox . —The cause of temperance is progressing here at railway speed , aadthe societies that haTe been , and . are bemg formed , both iu and around London , are- almost beyond calculation ; in&esd , to such a pitch of ecihnsiajrm have the majority of its members been ¦ wroagit r that they even hold meetings in their private houses to eonler on the best means of expending ibeit principles still further . Societies are about to Reformed in Hainpstead , Highgate , Kiiburn , Ken-£ all-greeD , &c . T ^ iere are different sorts of teetotalists ,

      all averse so each other ! And this , perhaps , de-£ troye the harmony of it more than anything which its worst enemies could offer , by destroying that bond of union which snould ever hold saca societies -iegether . Fast , they are divided upon religion . The bigotted Protestants cannot agree with the Catholics , though the Catholics would willingly agree with the Proxestants ; thus , we have Catholic and Ptetesiaat eocieties . Then come the Law ^ church Protestants < Tories , ) and the Dissenters ( Whigs , A ; c . ) They cannot agree ! so here we have two societies—¦ ie say nothing of Methodists , Calvinists , and the life . This , however , is concerning religion only ; there is not bo much cat and doe play , as r ? garris political principles ; many of the Wfligs and Tories , ire " all hail fellow well met" at sheir meetings , and Kr indeed might be the Chartists , if they could bat

      -Bstesiv to be gagged—that is , not ta avow their prinople& ,-or . contradict any lies they may hear upon Whig economy ; if they do , immediate expulsion is the consequence . The teetotalista , taken as a whole , 'though evidently a beneficial society , tell sad lies ; they woufai persuade jou , that by . abstainirg , you will be a rich man at the end of the year , although to erery well-thinking mind , it is evident that tne additional taxes , upon tea and sugar , bread , &c , in-< deed , everything elBe , would swallow cp all tbeir -savings ; and if a Chartist attempts to show this , bang he goes off the platform ; immediately the police-spies are calledin , and he is accused of cre--ating a disturbance , with an attempt to break the peace . The formation of Chartist teetotal societies of late , has . however , in a great measure , remedied this evil . The Chartists have now associations of

      • their -own , and can express their sentiments as they ¦ please , without giving offence to the fanatics who ¦ oppose them . Tsz Youths' Tempesasce AssocuLnoxs . —Time was , when our forefathers paid dearly , and with their Iife'B blood , for asserting their right to meet ; and but for the manly determination they evinced , that right would have been for ever abrogated . - 'Tis true that many an attempt has been made upon it -at the present day ; but right and might , on the part -of the people , has at length settlea the qcestion , and if we except America , &c , this is the only country in Europe tnat enjoys the right of meeting -to its tmlest possible extent . This brings me to the main poinfof this article . The courage displayed

      by the leaders of the present political , social , and -temperance movements , seem 5 io hare animated their sons to emulate them ; and meetings which our ancestors would have thought -wonderful , are sow £ oi ap by boys—nay , more , they have organised Associati ons which . their grandfathers , in the palmy days of Sidmouth and C&siiere&gh , would have -trembled tohaveliAd a hand in . And why . » Because they lacked moral courage , and had too great a respect for bad laws . Wales has had its Youths ' Ciiarrist Associations , whilst London abounds with Youths * Temperance Associations , the youthful members of which evince s . spirit and determination ¦ fco go forward in spite of every opposition and persecution , that is truly laudable . Let us shew oar

      readers how these Societies are formed . We have it en the authority of the members themselves , and can ,. therefore , vouch for its authenticity ; at the . same time , we cannot let the present opportunity escape , without tendering them our meed of ' praise for their noble endeaTour Xo emancipate themselves from that wsretof all slavery—without which none ; other caa exist—mental slavery . And now for the : Aswdatkns . A few youths , ' playmate ? of coarse , 4 iBgusted , as ihey ^ re in ma ny instances , with th * e druoken rices of their parents , their friends around them , &c , and in others animated by what their . ; fathers have done in the good cause , confer together ;' sad after several resolutions on the pan of the aajority to go on , the boldest of them is appointed i Secretary , and the boaesiest Trsasazser . They then ; « all a public meeting by printed placards , some on ! trost , « nd others by subscription , amongst them- ¦ dT& : and none but those who tare stteaded their ;

      BgxtingB can tell what ( if we except the awful ; Homier of orators ) a well-tJOuduftLed afiair it is . £ othu 5 fasm is of coarse not wanted , and many of ! them , -though Aere y « ntk £ , and those of the indos- i trious class , deliver speeches ( of the moment , not Bet « oet ) 'loch , for talent and classical reference , ? rove them not only to be deep-thinking youths , bat shew j » deep rweareo , asd desire to do good , which we i look , in v » in for fr « B our nlers , " Let tbea go on I Stei £ u&j va thsir eareer . Teinperanee is the fonn- dation of liberty , aod ire are nappy to fiad that they ; hare so masy supporters , not only amongst their i owi elass , but among the middle classes , many of ; whom attend their saeetiags , and contribute liberally .. We are gJa < i of this , n « t because we value the i nlddle < las more than tie industriocs , but because ' w « » re deeroofl that the good of all classes should be < suited in one common cause , and that tot the social , ' beaeit and happiness of all ; and this , we think , temperance , as a first rational step , will effect . j

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      Cattiox to j 3 exefit Soci eties . —In a recent case brought befove the Court of Requests , Manchester , the oScrrs of a S : ck and Benefit Society , were made to refund £ 5 , the full sum being £ 8 , to a widow , whom ibey attempted to trick out of ~ the : bnriaJ allowance for b « r hasbaaid . The Chawm&ii adTJee , i tte officers to get their socieiy enrolled , as th'jre was no Becurity to airy party as it ai ' present st-ood , for in all cases the money paid in might b . e recovered in that court .

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      " THERE IS NOT ONE LAW i ? OR THE RICH , AND ANOTHER FOR THE POOR !!" THB UiUSTHATIOW . Ik the month of September last , Thomas , Earl of Cardigan , went out with a pistol loaded with ball , and , standing opposite to a person named Harvet Tcckktt , deliberately shot the ball into hifi body , seriously and grievously wounding him . For this snooting of Habtet Tuckett , an indictment was found by tbe Grand Jury of the Central Criminal Court in the following words : —

      "The jurors of our Lady £ be Qneen , upon their oath , present , that the Right Hod . James Tnomaj Brudenell , Earl of Cardigan , lata of the parish of Wandnrorth , in the county of Surrey , « n tne 12 th day of September , in tbe 4 th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria , with force and arms at the parish aforesaid , in the county aforesaid , and wt&ln the jurisdiction of tie Central Criminal Court , wita a oertain pistol then

      and there loaded with gunpowder and a leaden bullet , at and against one ¦ Harvey Garnett Paipps Tuckett , then and there being , then and there feloniously and ual&nrfaUy did shoot , with intent thereby , ttea and therefeloniously , wilfully , and of his malice aforethought , the said Harvey Garnett Pbipps Tuckett to kill and murder , against tbe form of the statute in that cose made and provided , and against tbe peace of our said Lady the Queen , her Crown and dignity , "

      On Tuesday last the culprit took his "trial" at the Bar of the House of Lords , for this offence . Witnesses were examined , who proved that his Lordship shot the man Ha&vet Ttjcketj ; that they saw him do it—that they saw him fire the pistolthat they Baw Harvey Tpckett fall to the ground wounded , the ball being lodged in his body . Notwithstanding this direct and conclpsitb evidence , that the Earl of Cardigan did shoot and wound Capt . Harvey Tuckbtt , their Lordships unanimously declaredhirtuto be "NOT GUILTY . "

      TKS LORD WAS SET AT LIBERT ? < THJS CONTRAST . In the year 1830 , one Hekry Cook , a labouring man , of Micheldever , in Hampshire , was in the streets during a disturbance arising out of the introduction of thrashing machines , by the farmers . Oqo Bingbam Baring was also there , employed in what he called "quelling the disturbance . " Cook , and he came in contact . Cook , having in his hand a large hammer , struck xt Bingham BARi . NG , but did not harm him ; for the said Bingham Baklxg was Eeen actively employed in the streets the same evening .

      For this " striking at" Bingham Bari > g , Henry Cook was indicted and "tried" before the Special Commission sent out by Earl Grey , to " try" the Agricultural labourers accused of rioting . The Jury—( not the House of Peers)—pronounced Cook "GUILTY" !!! The Judge sentenced him "to be hanged by ihe neck till he was dead ! dead ! I dead !!!"

      THE LABOtTREB WAS BANGED

      THE RESULT . No more hanging of labouring men for " striking at" relations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ! 4 f Thomas , Earl of Cardigan , be at liberty to shoot a man " with intent to kill , or do him Borne grievous bodily harm , " and not to be hanged , — -no more labouring men . shall be tucked up " by the neck until they axe dead" for " striking at , "—not SHOOTING ,

      taiad , —a rich man !!! We are told M there is not one law for the rich , and another for the poor : " there shalx hot bb snch a measure of " justice " again meted out to the poor , —after this case of Cardigan ' s , —a 3 was meted out in the case of Cook ! 1 No I No ! The rich must not again make war upon the poor , by hanging a man for M striking at" one of their order ; if they do , — THE POOR S& ; lLL M-UvS "W A& tPO > ' THE S 1 CH I I I

      Spirit Of The Working Classes

      SPIRIT OF THE WORKING CLASSES

      THE WORTH OF AN ALLIANCE WITH

      THE MIDDLE CLASSES . O . \ Eof our ablest historians his truly said , that" the people are very seldom wrong , and never very long wrong . " Increasing knowledge , and a rrke direction of it is , day by day , lessening the frequency of popular error . It has been a fashionable device to cover the deeds of treacherous public men , by proclaiming the ingratitude , inconstancy , or inconsistency of the

      people . This is mere cant ; a perversion of terms ; a mistaking of the dause for the effect . Never was there a more lenient censor , or a more forgiving tribunal than that of public opinion ; in fact , its very virtue—too much forbearance—becomes its greatest vice . Never has there been one single instance of the people deserting a public man until that man had deserted every principle upon which his just pretension to popularity was based .

      If we required proof more immediately confirmatory of our assertion , we have it now before us in the full and ample records of public opinion from numerous towns and villages , wherein we find a spirit which not only justifies our encomium , but more than rewards us for all our trouble , anxiety , and watching , for the people ' s cause . These documents bespeak a foregone conclusion , and hold out a warning to all who shall

      stagger , even by a hair ' s breadth , from the centre of ibe Charter road . One writer says— " Nay , if O'Co-vsob himself , or an aDgel from Heaven , were to propose a desertion of the Charter , and a resolution of any definition of Household Suffrage , or even Universal Suffrage , with other restrictions than those contained in the People ' s Charter , a Scotch moral-force audience would eo far lose patience , as to groan at him , and declare him a traitor . "

      In speaking , then , of an alliance with the middle classes , we must presume that it is proposed a 3 a means to an end . The question which next presents itself is , what is that end ? A 3 a matter of course , a middle-class Government ; that is , middle class ascendancy—a placing of the whip in the hands of the gentleman's gentleman , for the gentleman himself—instead of wrenching it out of the hands of both . This is bringing oppression nearer to the slave , and making his tyrant ' s heart his only court of appeal .

      What does our present system lack of a middle class ascendancy in all administrative matters ! Let us suppose the great manufacturing counties of York and Lancaster ; are they not wholly , entirely , and exclusively , under the tender mercies of middle-class rukrs I Are not our magistrates , the very fountains of justice , of the middle classes ! Are not the manufactarere , overseers , and all that race , of the middle-classes ? and do they , in e ' uhee capacity , furnish strong reasoua for love of middle-class rule ! Are the laws in their hands more mildly administered than they would be in the hands of those a degree above them in rank ; or in the hands of those below them in station f

      What is tbe great jjrievance of the Reform Act , as stated by all the popular advocates of labonr since the enactment of that measure ? Is it not that it has been a purely middle-class measure ! and are not its frnits daily , nay hourly , felt ia the increased , and still increasing , poverty and despondency of the producing multitude < "But , why , " says a blistered hand , from Bamsley , " have we been so often doped ? " and he answers thus : — " Because we had no trial of them , in the first place , and ignorant of our own strength , and of our own neighbour ' s feelings , we became an easy

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      prey , in the second place . " , Now , this is Sj < jod so . und sense . But , he protseeds : —* ' Row we Bive an organ which , God bless it , threatens to desert us if ^ desert ourselves ; this is reversing th * -old order of tilings , and making men honest whether they Will orno .- " . - ¦ ::- . _ ' ¦¦ - ' - " .- * , b ^ i With these and many such' assurances of public estimation , we feel encouraged the more fearlessly

      to bold on the direct tenor of oar coarse for tke fall recognition of the whole principle of " Universal Suffrage and bo surrender . " Mot that other ciroumstaneea would at all alter oar determination . It was the saying of as ancient philosopher , " that he would be virtuous for his own sake , though no one should know it ; as he would be clean for his own sake , though no one should see it . " So we would be honest for our own sake , though no one should approve it .

      The Whig Pig And Tory Bacon

      THE WHIG PIG AND TORY BACON

      Sous of our cotemporanes are just beginning to find out what we told them three years ago j that the present Government was the most perfect Tory Government ever yet in office . A Tory Govemniept , with all the swaets of Tory prinoiple preservation , without any of the bitters of responsibility . But our friends judge too much from mere skin irruptions , and fail to look into the patient ' s general state of health ; many appear to think , that , because Peel is satisfied with things as they are , that 'ergo , ' there will be no change for yet a little .

      In this narrow view , they lose sight of the lice upon the beetle's back in the all-absorbing thought of the beetle ' s self . They appear to forget that KffATCHBULL , Goulbubjj , Hardinge , Tennent , and now the two Gladstones , together with a whole host of locusts , are not as well able to be satisfied with things as they are so the wealthy Baronet is . Sir Robert has property to protect , and the lies have property to get—a very striking difference . Peel also knows full well that the thick blood of the heir of the house of Derby is boiling in a rival's veins , and that the hollow voice of hunger cries " on , Stanley , on , " from a million helpless dependants .

      Is any man so demented , or bo bad & judge of human nature , as not to know that the very thought of Stanley haunts every slumber of the cautious Sir Robert . O , for the house of Derby to play second fiddle to a bloodless leader ! No , no ; it is too much for human nature , and far too much for inhuman nature . Stanley will force Peel , and that ore long , into the very lap of Whiggery . Did not our wishing-cap inspire us , even before the

      recent tilt upon French alliaace , foreign polioy , and Irish Registration , and tell us that Peel sincerely wished the Earl of Derby in heaven , in order that his hopeful son , Stanley , may fill his place ia th « Upper House . In four , Day , three , two years , Stanley will be the brigand chief , and a better his followers could not desire ; he will stuff them with Protestant churches , and wash them down with Papist blood .

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      POOR CLAYTON . We now learn that the deceased Chartist laboured under a concatenation of disorders , from the very commencement of his imprisonment . He was fiftyfive years of age , and was afflicted with asthma , rheumatism , and gravel . Now , one word upon this . The Sheriffs of London , not " ignorant" or " misguided " men , are confined for a contempt of the High Court of Parliament . They receive courtly visitors , aud hold levees everyday .

      They have superb apartments , and enchanting exercise-ground . From luxurious living , they b « come afflicted with ennui , lassitude , nervousness , and repletion . An apothecary tells the House that he thinks exercise is necessary for digestion , and for the better regulation of the liver and the biliary organs , and they are liberated . Clayton has gravel , asthma , and rheumatism ; and he dies ia prison at tbe age of fifty-five . What is the reason of this One was a rich oppressor , and the other a poor oppressed .

      It is every day's practice to release prisoners in ill health from confinement , although our officials allowed poor Clayton to die , and actually forced O'Connor from a sick bed to a felon ' s dungeon , in the very teeth , not of certificates , but of the oaths of two of the most eminent practitioners , and a certificate from their own surgeon of the Queen ' s Bench .

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      ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT . Of the iniquity of the Keane pension " job , " we shall just here observe , that such things , in the teeth of unexampled national poverty , will lead to a demand for a Republic , which it will be found impossible to resist . Voting for this infamous "job , " we find almost the entire "tail "—Messra M . O'CONNELL , M . J . O'CONNELL , J . O'CONNELL W . S . O'Brien , and More O'Ferrall , all in a lump ; while among the forty-three who opposed it , not one Irish member appears . In the majority ,

      we not only find Peel , Stanley , Col . Perceval , and all the O'Connell ' s , but we find also the redoubtable Mr . E . Protheroe , M . P . for Halifax ; and for this , ( if there were no other cause of complaint against the nominee of Mr . Coroner Attorney Brewer Stocks ) we call upon the honest men of Halifax to " serve him out . " Here is a mighty pretty " Radical" (!) voting for the robbing of the people to pay £ 2 , 000 for three generations , to a fellow who has been already more than ten time 3 paid for upholding tyranny by physical force .

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      MR . BLAKEY AND LORD NORMANBY . In the Tyne Mercury we find the following precious Bampleof Whig liberal tactics : — " The Prosecution against Mb , Blakey for Libei—We are enabled to stats that the Marquis of Normauby , her Majesty ' s Sesretary of State for the Home Department , has recommended the magistrates of Newcastle either altogether to withdraw the prosecution against Mr Robert Blakey . for a libel published in tbe Northern Liberator , or to allow him to plead guilty .

      on an understanding that he will not be brought up for judgment Jlr . Blakey and his friends had applied to Lord Normaaby to make this application to the authorities of Newcastla The principal grounds stated by hk Lordshfp are , that tbe appearances of the times since the publication of the libel have materially changed , and that the Northern Liberator has ceased to exist . We are not aware , as yet , whether the authorities have come to any determination about the matter . "

      Our object in inserting the above , is not to show that Mr . Blakey has received the least favour and lenity at the hands of the prosecuting Whigs , for in fact there can be no great thanks due to a tyrannical persecutor , for capriciously abandoning hia victim , after he has ruined him . From this notice , however , we learn the lengths to which a Whig Reformed Government will go , to subdue the spirit of the press . Here we are distinctly and unblushingly told , that Lord Normahby himself , has become the intercessor with the Newcastle magistrates on behalf of Mr . Blakey , and two reasons are assigned . The first , that the times have materially ohanged ; the second , that they have sneceeded in destroying the Liberator . Now , if the first be a sufficient reason for

      abandoning a prosecution which never should have been instituted , and , if lir . Bi . akkt admits guilt by pleading guilty , and , if tho material change in the times warrants compromise , does not such a change also warrant the extension of a similar indulgence to , at all events , every poor Chartist prisoner ! But what compensation will poor Johw Bell , the printer of the Liberator , receive for hia ix months' imprisonment for the same libel ! Why , he has been paid before hand , by the loss of his situation . Thus , in ev « ry instance , it matters not how minute , there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . Why was not poor Bell counselled to plead guilty , and thereby save the punishment , and keep his place ?

      We are well pleased that Mr . Blakey should have escaped the devil ' s fangs , but we cannot afford to bestow much commendation upon his satisfied and therefore lenient oppressors . The fall of the Liber a-

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      tar ~ i $ f < gt $ &teK Wefife ; £ o $ & < -Whiga than any they could possibly ' hope to xeajr from the incarceration of Mr . BfcJ ^ KX » wab , in our conscience , wo believe , haCnpthifBg to fear froai ail' hbnesi Newcastle jury who have shown themselves just , honest , and impartial , « pon all Chartisttrials ^ < '

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      ROCHDALE ELECTION ^ 3 : IJbt the electors of Rochdale look alive . We giiV « them a hint , some time ago , that Dan and- the Whigs would rather see the Devil and his tail walking into ihe House than see Sharman Cbawtorp We now tell them that intrigues are going on to prevent it at any sacrifice We can do no more than sound the alarm ; let the troops look out t

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      O'CONNOR IN THE HANDS OF INQUISITORS . The following statement has been sent to this office . We gi * e it as received :-r ; * 'We , who write this article , are ready i 6 make oath of its correctness to the letter . On Saturday last , the 13 th fast ., we called opdn Mr . O'Conftor , at an expence of nearly a pound , for the purpose ot transacting some business wjth him . We were

      attended , during our interview by the Under-Governor , who , after two or three minutes' stay , showed symptoms of impatience ; and , when we had remained about five Or six minutes , ordered us to depart . " M What ' s the nuiry V said Mr . O'Connor . '•* Well . " said the Uuder-Governor , ' the Gover nor ' s at Wakefleld with debtors , and I am obliged to attend to his business . "

      ** ¦ Well ; " replied Mr . O'Connor , and do I owe any of you so much compliment as to allow my poor privileges to be further abridged , for your convenience ! What are your orders 1 I must see them . And if you , are eo busyy why riot send one of your turnkeys in the Governor ' s absence t" " The . Under-Governor answered that the magistrates' orders were that Messrs . Hill , HoBsdn , and Ardill , should have eac , h half an hour at a visit allowed , and all otheV visitors from five to ten minutes ; that the turnkeys did not like to come ; in fact , that they refuse to come on account of the manner in which they are put upon and cross-questioned by the magistrates , about every word which passes between Mr . O'Connor and his visitors . " " Bear witness to that ; two Englishmen ! " said Mr . O'Connor .

      " Well ; bo they may ; " replied theUnder-Governor , "it ' s true . " Is this to be borne ; is this to be tolerated in a Christian oountry , and in the ninth year of Reform \ That a man , for libel , shall be sentenced to seventy ' eight weeks of solitary confinement , in a condemned cell , over the hospital and the murderer ' s burying-grouud of a felon ' a prison ; and yet subjected to tho further indignity of being not only watched , but hia every word repeated by hired spies ; and no doubt arranged to suit the taste of those

      who thus become parties to and lend themselves to thU refinement upon meamies 3 1 O'Connor is not the law ' s prisoner : he is tbe victim of revenge—an offering at the shrine of the pettiest personal auimo-Bity . He has now endured 40 weeks of unmitigated persecution and ungentlemanlike insult . It is now high time that it should cease . At all events , it is high time for every working man in England to tell the House of Commons so ; lest our

      representatives (!) may suppose that the people are indifferent to his Buffering , and may hereafter cite his case as a precedent for like unopposed barbarities . Let petitions be instantly poured in like grapeshot from every town , village , hamlet , house , and workshop in the kingdom . To it in good earnest-None can surely refuse this trouble for one who haa never thought any trouble too much , for the tedress of the wrongs of the oppressed .

      To Readers And Correspondents

      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS

      A true Chartist , —Thanks . F&acinus . —Certainly not without your wife ' s consent . You ought not , in fact , to think of it . If ynur wife have been a bad one , you should be thankful to be rid of her on such easy terms ; if otherwise , you are a wretch to wish it . GaInsbiio ^— The Chartist * here complain that the booksellers neglect their orders for the Northern Star , and wish an agent appointed . Let them jus upon some eligible person , and recommend him to the office—he shall have the papers on the same terms as ail other agents . T . W . —We perfectly agree with him , that it is both " perfectly ridiculous , " and M savours much of despotism , " when men , professing to advocate

      equality , expect to be themselves always the fore horse ; and wax angry if " their every word be not plainly laid before the pubtio , or the name of other individuals meet tike reader ' s eye before their own . " S . Y ., Kidderminster . — We cannot find room for his address . ¦ Thomas Beer recommends deluging the "Lfouse " tcith individual , family , and trade petitions , at the rate of 5 , 000 a week , as a plan , simple in itself , but truly constitutional , and , above all , i effectual ; if not in carrying the People ' s Chari ter , in putting a step to the many notices of motions that are entered night after night , whilst their doors are closed to the voice of the people .

      " Parody on the Bonnets of Blue" will not suit for publication . An Oastlerite thinks Easter Tuesday would be the best day for the Oaatler tea parties . Washington . —We do not know enough of the circumstances to answer his question . The individual prevented from delivering his political sermon might be a competent or a very incompetent person to do so . We certainly do not think it either prudent or right in any associated body of Churtisls to prohibit the preaching of political sermons as a general rule . A i Leeds Chartist . —The subject has been taken up

      by Mr . Collins himself . James M'Phehson , referring to the Birmingham obsequies in honour of poor Clayton , who was there denominated u lhe first Chartist victim , " reminds the people that this is not the fact : he claims that honour for poor Shell , who teas butchered at Newport . J . G . Kirker . —The persons who framed the resolutions which he sent to us must wait our time . At a fitting time we may tell them all about it : at present we do not see it necessary . "The Transportation of John Frost" in our next .

      Amount raised for Peddie ' s Attorney ' s Bill . — Money received by John Craig for the payment of Peddie ' i Attorney ' s BUI , and paid to Mr . Jackson , of York , by Mr . John Ardill , of the Star Office : — £ s . d . Raised by Subscriptions at Leeds ... 0 8 6 Received from Mr . Hatfleld , Dewsbury ... ... 0 6 0 Received from Mr . Burnett , Bradford ... 1 0 0 Received from Mr . Steele , Pudsey ... 0 16 0 Received from Mrs . Pcddie a Postoffice Order for ... ... ... 2 0 0 Received from Mrs . Peddie an Order on the Star Office , for money sent to her , to the amount of 2 6 6 Received from Horton 050

      £ 720 for which sum a full receipt was granted , the amount claimed being £ 9 10 s . Mr . James Jbbetson . — We received a letter from this gentleman , too late for notice in our last , emphatically denying the charge which has been made against him of refusing to sell tickets for the Goose Show to the Chartists of his neighbourhood . He had no tickets but half-crown , eighteenpenny , and five shilling ones ; and these he sold indiscriminately to every person who applied for them . Address to the Commons House of Corruption ill our next . J . Jones . —The Fleet Papers are published by John

      Parry , 47 , Holywell-street , Strand . They , are hot stamped ; but can be sent through the post for a penny . Joseph Hawksly , file-cutter ; Henry Taylor and Henry Satterthwaite , comb-makers ; William Spencer , leather-dresser ; John Moprhouse , awlblade-maker , all of Sheffield , desire to have their names appended to the Total Abstinence Pledge . John A . Lawson , Sheffield , wi fhes his name to be appended to the Total Abstinence Pledge . The following Persons desire to have their names attached to the article which lately appeared in ihe Star , on the question * of Chartism and Total

      Abstinence , signed by Henry Vincent , &c : — Williaw Worsdell , sub treasurer ; Samuelliealey sub-secretary : William Padget and Roger Pinder , councillors ; JosephScholey , Corne ( ins Toy , Launcelot Toy , James Endrick ,. George Gray , William Gray , and William Webster , members of the Hull National Charter Association , all of whom are zealous advocates for the Charter , and four of whom are distinguished members and advocates , also , of the Hull Temperance Society , and all of whom are members , and form the Committee , of the Hull and East Riding Chartist Total Abstinence Association .

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      Ma . Henry Burnett , Bradford Secretary pfjhe Council of the National Charter Association " , desyr . es hi ^ n ^ e . fc&e . appe * ule 4 Mthr % fflvr ^ ranee Address of Mr . Vincent , &c . * .. ,, ~ rv -V ; KEKfftl& . ^ -fTg' have not room for thef'Jonathan , ¦ ¦ '¦ Wild paragraph this uieek ' : ' it wxllieeep : ¦ y ' ;< * CL TJdMPSON ; r ¥ . flW /» the case * haoe ' appe ared th the ¦ ¦^ SlifcfV' ^ - ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ; : ¦' ¦ : ' . ¦ . ' ¦' . ' : ¦ ' " . ' . ' ' ' : * " ' ~ r ¦ John Ker ^ ixw > John BvcaiiHkK . —We think At ; best riot to publish their letter . xee have no wish 'ioinjiife' brig'one * -ndt eyeti the ungrateful . Samoei . GoRDOfc ^ TTe i ' tee " not what we can dp in " - .- hiscase . ' ' " '"' ¦ ' '¦¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' : ¦' Joseph H atpield . —^* letter is excluded for mtc of

      room . ' , ; M Tkmpjsrakce" am ) "Thk Drchkabb ' s Grave ' *•' : shall appear . ' , " ' Portsea . — We shall have tmething to say ori ; tlns affair ; buLrioiibis weelei Specia - tor- — We have iw room . JiB-GRiMsHAW and Thqma 8 BROWN . ^ TFe canhol ' drawer either of their questions : none tf the money cctmehere ' i , Q . W . — We havenot roomat'present . Wiltshirb"CoDNCii .. —Their address next week . "Sonnet OK PijonapabtB" w -not bad ; but it w \ U notsuitout ^ columns . ; WiiAiAM Thomas and Morgan Wiimahs . —We received their letter affirming that the paragraph ] , about which they had , previously complained , ' certainly did not appear in those copies of the Northern Star of February 6 th , which they received , and enclosing similar testimony from

      several persons . We can only account for it on the supposition that the second or third editions of ihe paper must have been , in that week , sent to Merthyr Tydvil , instead of the first . Pa-1 ragraphs of mere local interest ate often taken out of the fir si edition to make room for later matter . To convince them that the report was inserted , we have posted a paper of that date to Morgan Williams , in which he will find it . Since writing the above , our Cleric has informed us that , oh that occasion , the papers for the agents named in the letter of W , 1 . and M :. W . were not posted until of ter ( he first edition had been all sent off , cash not arriving for them till Friday evening , instead of Wednesday . This explains the whole matter . ¦ " - '• ¦ Andrew Kennedy . —JFe shall have a word to say upon ihe matter of his letter .

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      S . Arahcb Carlisle . —The Wigton parcel leaves at the same time as the one for Carlisle . John Morgan , Brecon . — -We have not one copy of the Star / or January 9 , 1841 . A . Neale , Derby . —Send the dates of the papers wanted . . W . Tippin , Bingley . —Papers can be posted for Ire land free at any time , same as for any part of ' . England . John Clay . —The order to slop ColchugVs papers came too late . M'DOUGALL AND MESSRS . JACK AND CORRIE , GLASGOW . — Their letters came too late for the papers to be posted at the usual time .

      Alexander Finlay . —Send the particular address , , and the plates will be sent . W . D . E ., London . —Yes . J . Wass . —Yes . J . Horsfall , Honley . —The delay complained bf is with the Post-office : the papers wete posted in time . . Wm . Foley , Cork , has not sent his address with the money . F . Andrews . —The paper was posted . FOR THB COMMITTEE FOR SUPERINTENDING DAN . ' s

      CHARTIST WELCOME TO LEEDS . £ s . d . From W . Young , Witney , Oxford ... 0 3 6 , » . H . Griffiths , London 0 0 6 „ Lepton , per J . Shaw 0 2 6 ,. a few friends at Honley ... 0 6 0 _ Halifax , per Mr . Crossland ... 0 6 0 ,. A middle-class man , at Bradford , once an admirer , now 1 a hater , of Daniel O'Connell'a policy ... ... 0 1 0 „ a few friends at Morley ... 0 5 0 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED

      CHARTISTS . From the Torryburn Chartist Association 0 10 0 .. Mrs . Spence , Dundee ... 0 5 0 From the National Charter Association , Derby ... ... 0 6 4 FOR MBS . FROST . From the Members of Dawgreen National Charter Association ... ... ... " 0 5 * .. Thomas Barter , Chesterfield 0 0 7

      FOR MRS . HOLBERRY . From the Charter Association , Dawgreen ... ... ... 0 5 0 for Clayton ' s funerja . From the members of the National Charter Association , Barnsley ... ... 0 10 6 . » James Botterell , Prestoo . near Brighton 0 2 0 „ Daniel Friend , do . ... 0 2 0 ~ H . Griffiths , London ... ... 0 2 0 ~ Lepton , per J . Jfoaw 0 2 6 „ Dawgreen , by the Charter Association ... „ .- ... 0 5 0 „ Campsie , neat Ctlasf ^ tr ... o 7 0 FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE ACCIDENT AX CASTLE

      POUGIAS . From ( be Natfoijal Charter Anoete tlon , Dawgreen , near Dew « - bury ... ... ... 0 6 0

      Second Visit To Feargus O'Connor.

      SECOND VISIT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR .

      «' Pray that the right may thrive ! If ever 1 return to you again , I'll bring you comfort " Shakspkare . Passing through York on a journey to London , I paid a second visit to the chief of the Chartists , in iia Castle , or fortress of freedom . The Under-Governor , in answer to my application to see Mr . O'Connor , asked me if I had any business with him . I told him my business was to pay my respects to him . After a little demur , he led the way , and we followed him into a long , narrow , and lofty stone passage , which U furnished with a wooden shelf , extending , breast high , along one side . On my first visit , this shelf held a number of black pot * , filled with a kind of slime , and ranged in a row , with a piece of bread beside each , intended for the dinner of the felons , who stand while

      partaking of It A man was walking from the further end of this passage . I did not particularly notice him at first , but , on meeting him , we mutually recognised each other , and my hand was cordially grasped by Mr . O'Connor . He immediately led the way up several flights of stono stairs , until we Came into a dark passage , in a corner of which he opened a door , and we stood inside of his ceil . He pointed to a pan upon the fire , and said , "There's my dinner ! " Onr host did the honours of his prison-house like a gentleman as he is , and , after he had closed the window , which had been opened for the admission of free air , we all sat down , except the turnkoy , who stood in on angle where he could see and hear every look and word that passed . There were several bird-cages in tbe room , but the songsters were mute . Not so , Mr . O'Connor— " he sings his bondage freely . " The solitary system has not silenced him . '

      I wish that those who are the most bitterly prejudiced against Mr . O'Connor could have half an hour ' s conversation with him ; it would go Jar to remove theii prejudices . I own myself somewhat of a physiognomist , and I never saw a countenanoe in which good sense , good nature , and , honesty are more pleasingly marked . ' Mr . O'Connor entertained us with joking upon the pitiful indignities to which he Is subjected . He ia not allowed the company of the vilest felons , lest he should contaminate them , I suppose : they are more favoured than he . He is compelled to take turns with them when he takes exercise , like " ride and iie , " as he humorously observed . Nay , he must even wait and watch for the use of that closet wherein devotions are paid to the goddess Cloaoina .

      Now , it is not the under Governor , nor the upper Governor , but the Governor of all , Lord Normanby , whom we roust despise aud detest for this abominable treatment of a man as much superior to him &b virtue is to T $ ce . When the CouTt paramour , Mortimer , imprisoned King Edward 11 ., he employed two villains to break his heart , or turn his brain ; but all their efforts proved fruitless . More wearied with persecuting , than their victim with being persecuted , they at length put a period to his existence bj the most barbarous murder on record . O'Connor ' s tormentors have beea equally zealous to degrade him , and have been equally unsuccessful . Who does not see that they would murder him in an equally barbarous manner , If they did not dread the retribution , which Boon overtook Mortimer and bis toola , Maltravera and Gotunay ?

      Changing the subject of his insulting usage , which I had listened to with a head drooping with Indignant hame and sorrow , the true , though Untitied nobleman before me , reverted to the cheering prospects of Chartism , which evidently console kirn for all he suflfera . I mentioned the idea which some entertained of a junction with the middle classes . This he demonstrated to be impracticable and Impossible . The middle classes are now the mob , and were they suffered to lead , they would lead u » backward ,, instead of forward , a ®""* that th « te «> j > ie will be victorious , they will follow like vuhurea , for the Babe of prey , or , like the fox that stole the prize from th « exhausted lion . Like Judaj , they would come with a kiss . to betray us ; but we must bid them « tf behind us , for they savour not the Charter .

      " Shall we , who rtroek the lion down—shall we Pay the wolf homage ;—proffering lowly gtsse And servile knees to throne * ? No 1—prove before you praised We bad not sat above a quarter of an hour when tbe under Governor said , " Come , gentlemen 1 " O'Connor accompanied us as far as bb prison chain would permit

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      I was taking a . wrong turn m the intricate-ataiiftg ,,. he put mo right , and smilingly said that he wasW « i i ^ arfatM ^ wttti 4 fe ^^«^« i » wl ^ il ^« f « d has ^ fa ? had auy commands for . London , and he told me to moke use of bis name to Sankey , whom , I am somv aay , ia very . unweU . at . present He said , at p ^^ that ten' months were over ; and I heartily * m ?! that the next eight were so too , for I felL ^ S ? grief in being obliged to leave such & nan ia n ^ place . -..- ' , -.-. ¦ ' : ¦• ¦ : ¦ : ¦ ¦ : . x - .- : - ;;¦ .- ¦ ¦ The under Governor bad Inquired , my name of th . friend who accompanied me ,, and on being told th » t ! t was Mr . W&tkins , from Aislaby— " Ah . '" said £ " that is the chap that Wrote fa this Northern Stir & 5 I wasaepy ; I * veagood mindtdgivehim a blo » w up for it . " " ¦ ¦ ¦ :- ^

      Mr.Lowery

      MR . LOWERY

      TO THE BDnOB OF THB NORTHERN STA * . Sir , —In answer to your remarks in your ]«? to my having , in conjunction with Mr . J . R u ^ r of Newcastle , dinrraeted a del > t of £ 40 wiS tS Star office , I beg distinctly to state that , whi ter * Mr . Rucasfle" iiatd io yon I kiow not ; bnt , ^ 5 assuredly ; I never was » . partner with him in jw news agency , or shop , in Grainger-Btree ^ NewcaajT that I never authorised ^ tomr to say to you ortnJ one else , that I was 60 ; thatitne Northern St » office aud all other places tfeat supplied that thon with goods , supplied them to him and in his tm , and that if he Said that I was bis partner , bTQ alia . ¦¦ ¦'• " ¦¦ .. :

      That I never had any interest in that shop . ^ - was it ever agreed that I should have any htetd but that of my wages as a hired servant to x&vajl that shop ; that of the time it was open I onl y ^ in it four months as a servant , and did not get W the money dueto mefor my wa « es of service ; andUm after I had left , Mr . Win . Thomason waa hiream my stead , and continued in it until it closed- j » confirmation of which , I can show any one th&Jbr of receipts and expenditure which I took froatij shop book when I left . That all unnies recent in that shop were taken by him , kept and disband by him , J . Rucastle ., That no oreditor ever deemed I was a partner ; in proof of which , not one , ^ ' even the NorthernStar ever sent me a bill , or notice or said they had a claim on me . '

      That as soon as ever I found that J . Racftstiev * in your debt , and that of others , and had otherwise used the monies that should have paid you , lihg , left the shop , and wrote to Mr . Blakey the staietf its affairs , declining . to continue in it ; and tha learned that I bad been imposed on by Mr . Rnattie , when he told me that Mr . B : wag going tit partner with him in it , and that Mr . B . never lad had anything to do with it than as ~ a well-wisher . That the advertisement in- the TMerator of ne being the seller in that shop , Which I aliened for the purpose of benefittine its retail custom , wild not be imputed to me as desiring to lead any

      ereditor wrong , for it never was concealed that Itm not a partner ; and when I wrote them , it wufot him , and by his orders , and they all knew I wu not bo . I even did not contradict that advertisement after I left , and Mr . Wm . Thomason was the seller and Mr . B . and I were not on speakable term , lest it might be thought a spiteful attempt of me ^ spoil the . trade of the shop by withdrawing my friends from it ; and the advertisement was coatinued even after I had opened and advertised % shop of my own . Yours , Robt . Lowm .

      Zlocal An* Cfenetal 3kttteuts*Ttc*

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      LOCAL INTELLIGENCE OMITTED LAST WEEK FOR WANT OF ROOM . Huddersfield . — 'Middi . e-Ci . assMhbcies . —Apoot man named Robinson who has a wife and six children dependant upon him , who has had no work of ut consequence for the last three or four 'tnontlk , and whose family is at this moment pining for the eta mon necessaries of life , had , on Monday last , \ a house entered by the harlequin deputy constable of Elland , and another nondescript of the same cut from Greetland with him , who seized the clock , t fiddle , a chair , and four historical pictures , for tbe enormous sum of five shillings and three-pence po « rates , due I suppose to the triune Devil King . Out of the monsters who seized the goods , wanted to take the child ' s cradle , though he saw the bfta sleeping on the lap of its mother .

      Wigan . —On Sunday , tbe 7 th inst ., the large room of the Commercial Hall was nearly filled by tlw persons who were present to hear Mr . Isaac Barrow , of Bolton , preach a sermon . Many of the middle classes were present . In the evening , Mr . Banw delivered another sermon , which produced a rerf good effect on a numerous assembly . — -On Moud&j evening , the 8 th inst ., Mr . Bairstow delivered in able and argumentative address , which lasted for nearly two hours and a half ; Mr . Hystop , drape , was in the chair . At the conclusion , thanks mn giren to tho Chairman and Lecturer , and tine

      cheers each for O'Connor , Frost , William , ad Jones , and the People ' s Charter , —On the Toesdtj evening , Mr . Leech addressed a very numerous usembly , at great length , and was enthusiastiolly cheered throughout . Mr . Dizon also spoke , in his usual eloquent manner , and moved the foUomBg resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion , that the conduct of the Government to that noble chaapioa of the people , Feargus O'Connor , is unja ^ ilfcgal , and cruel in the extreme , and will cause the Gowrnment to become much more un popular than It Ts at present ; and We pledge ourselves to use every legal means in pur power to cause analtentlou to take place forthwith . " .

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      tttlDDUETOH . —Cost of the Rural folicb . —A meeting was held in the Old Boar's Head Aaseoblj Room , Long-street , Middleton , called by Mi . 8 . Rarasden , assistant overseer , for the purpose of memorialising tbe magistrates of Lancashire , praying them to take Buch steps as will tend to abolish the Rural PaUee from the township of Middleton . The meeting was called for the 15 th instant , and the chair was tote takes at six o'clock in the evening . At the time of commencement , the room was crowded to excess , tad hundreds were unable to gain admittance . The rnee&g consisted chiefly of working men , with & small sprinkling of the shopoeracy . Mr . William Thornley , wertO , was called to preside . Mr . S . Bamsden , auiitmt overseer , then read over an account of'the demaadi , since the year 1825 , of the county , in the shap * of county rates , which bad been levied on Middleton , ud which waa as follows : —

      Tears . Assistant Overseers . Counly Rcaa J ? g . A 1826—7 John Lancashire ... 269 15 ' $ 1827—8 John and Josiah Lancashire ... 209 2 3 1828—9 Samuel Pilkington ... 98 18 ? 1829- ^ 30 Ditto ... ... ... 181 2 8 1830—1 Ditto ... 301 2 * 1831 ^ 2 ... ... 218 15 0 1 « 32—3 251 1 11 1833 ^ . 4 # >> 190 7 10 1834—5 ... , 212 12 J 18 S 5—6 S . Pilkington and J . Hughes ... 194 S 9 1836—r Samuel Bamsden ... 100 2 3 1837—8 ... ... ... 202 6 « 1838—9 ... ¦ ... . . 267 18 0

      1833—40 . „ ¦" . ' . ' ... ' . *!* . " ...... 30116 1 1840—1 S . Bamsden ... ... 554 8 * The ksfc item being read , groans of indignation e » n » from all parts of the room , at the increase which h »* been occasioned by the police force . The overseer * & asked ' if he was able to point out the difiewnpe between the expenditure of the old constables andtw policel The answer was , that before the new police were put in force the expenditure of the old constabW was ' about £ 15 annually ; and the last year , nunelT . 1 & 40 to Match 5 th , 1841 , the new police cost the town of Middleton the sum ot £ 193 9 b . Id . ( Gr < w » !» indignation . ) At this part of the proceedings , »« M disturbance ' took place ou account of its being fcuawn W

      the meeting that a reporter to some of the Manchester papers ' was in a secluded place . Some cries of " ?» him out" were raised ; but he was ultimately requests to send a faithful account of the meeting , as it vra » said that many moat false and ridiculous reports appeared in those papers wnich this reporter writes fot Mr . JR . Ward rose , and said' he felt sorry that we n » to maintahi a force which were walking up anddfl * " * the town , doing that which was worse to the peoE " than nothing . We bad arrived at a pretty P itcb " tiling ' s , -when we must be guarded by a number of »?» destitnte of every feelhjg of benevolence , and wdM » interest was diametrically opposed to thepesce ol tj » township of Middleton . It had been said that Of to

      middle classes had induced the assistant overseer call fttat meeting to-night . Who sent for the po ^ The middle class . Who got up that meeting butuw middle class ? and there were very few Indeed In » q ^ - dance . . The middle class chose tiie men who eo ^ cocted and passed the law , empowering . *« police to become In society nothing but outlaws ; ' and men who could . do anything with impunity . Talk- about a poor rate ! why , ft was absolute nonsewe The rate called a poor rate was now collected for the bo-These things couWnofr'fcejJteied by themagutoaWThe franchise reast be extended befora they could 8 Wp ™ the bad laws of this edUJBtry . ( Cheers . ) Mr . J « P Wrlgley said , a poet in ttib town bad once writtea ^ verse he would repeat to them : —¦ be

      " Consclenpe . can n ^ vet bottght , Courage can never be » old ; ,. , - Theco ' wardniaydleaa he ought , , But the good man may eyer be bold . * He rose conscientiously aarared that to abolish tbe ntf * force was a good cause , and-with courage , because w > one ought to be afraid of detesting that Wte , u * ate ^ unconstitutional , and most corrupt " new '¦ poiic&to ^ If things were to be as they were at present ; -u-tW people ' s condition must never be bettered , it the wo * ing alass were stm to remain the Blaves , the oppress ^ tbe trampledon , unUl the middle elan , or the UJP trates , thought fit to relieve tiiem , they must b avew police aVthd » heels a long time . He mut say hia n » was doubto the amount It formeily was s hebad , tbe ^

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR . V

      The Northern Star Saturday, February 20, 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 20 , 1841 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct695/page/4/